DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-94,499

DIGNITY HEALTH DBA DOMINICAN HOSPITAL
MEDICAL TRANSCRIPTIONISTS AND
PATIENT SERVICES TECHNICIANS HIM
SANTA CRUZ, CALIFORNIA

Certification Regarding Eligibility
To Apply for Worker Adjustment Assistance

In accordance with Section 223 of the Trade Act of 1974, as
amended ("Act"), 19 U.S.C. § 2273, the Department of Labor
herein presents the results of an investigation regarding
certification of eligibility to apply for worker adjustment
assistance.
The group eligibility requirements for workers of a firm
under Section 222(a) of the Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2272(a), are
satisfied if the following criteria are met:
(1) a significant number or proportion of the
workers in such workers' firm have become totally or
partially separated, or are threatened to become
totally or partially separated;
(2)(B)(i)(I) there has been a shift by the workers'
firm to a foreign country in the production of
articles or supply of services like or directly
competitive with those produced/supplied by the
workers' firm; OR
(II) there has been an acquisition from a
foreign country by the workers' firm of
articles/services that are like or directly
competitive with those produced/supplied by
the workers' firm; AND
(ii) the shift/acquisition must have contributed
importantly to the workers' separation or
threat of separation.
The investigation was initiated in response to a petition
filed on February 1, 2019, by three workers on behalf of
workers of Dignity Health dba Dominican Hospital, Medical
Transcriptionists and Patient Services Technicians HIM, Santa
Cruz, California. The workers' firm is engaged in activities
related to the supply of general medical and surgical hospital
services. The subject worker group for which the petition was
filed concerns Medical Transcriptionists and Patient Services
Technicians HIM supplying medical transcription services.
During the course of the investigation, information was
collected from the petitioners, workers' firm and suppliers to
the subject firm.
Section 222(a)(1) has been met because a significant
number or proportion of the workers in such workers' firm have
become totally or partially separated, or are threatened to
become totally or partially separated.
Section 222(a)(2)(B) has been met because the workers'
firm has acquired from a foreign country services like or
directly competitive with services supplied by the workers which
contributed importantly to the worker group separations at
Dignity Health dba Dominican Hospital, Santa Cruz, California.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Dignity Health dba
Dominican Hospital, Medical Transcriptionists and Patient
Services Technicians HIM, Santa Cruz, California, who are
engaged in activities related to the supply of medical
transcription services, meet the worker group certification
criteria under Section 222(a) of the Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2272(a).
In accordance with Section 223 of the Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2273, I
make the following certification:
"All workers of Dignity Health dba Dominican Hospital,
Medical Transcriptionists and Patient Services
Technicians HIM, Santa Cruz, California, who became totally
or partially separated from employment on or after January
31, 2018, through two years from the date of certification,
and all workers in the group threatened with total or
partial separation from employment on the date of
certification through two years from the date of
certification, are eligible to apply for adjustment
assistance under Chapter 2 of Title II of the Trade Act of
1974, as amended."
Signed in Washington, D.C. this 7th day of April 2019.

/s/Hope D. Kinglock
______________________________
HOPE D. KINGLOCK
Certifying Officer, Office of
Trade Adjustment Assistance